allonlinenovel Chapter 503: Prepare to Evacuate
Chapter 503: Prepare to Evacuate
Fang Junnian nodded helplessly after hearing this: "Okay, I will obey the organization's arrangements. There is another situation. Some progressive students from Nankai University want to go to our base. I would like to ask you to contact the organization to see if it can be arranged."
"Not now, the situation is too urgent. Let them move south with the school first. The organization will make arrangements after they leave Tianjin." Patrolman Han refused, and then reminded him worriedly: "Remember, you can't contact anyone unless it's an emergency."
When Fang Junnian saw the serious face of his old partner, he also began to feel nervous.
Previously, I had thought that the Japanese, under pressure from public opinion, would not take any extreme actions against journalists like me, but this idea was shaken at this moment.
"Okay, I'll be careful. Oh, by the way, what about the list? I have one here, and another one is in the hands of Lao He from the July Theatre Club. Our printing press and promotional materials are also in his possession."
"Destroy it immediately. I will go to Lao He to get his list."
Fang Junnian became even more nervous. Has it come to the point where the list needs to be destroyed?
"Okay, I'll hide the list at home and destroy it as soon as I get back."
"We must hurry up, this concerns dozens of lives."
Fang Junnian nodded seriously and assured, "Don't worry, no matter what happens, I will make sure the list is not leaked."
"Once you have processed the list, prepare to evacuate. In two days, the British merchant ship Emerald will depart from Tanggu Port for Shanghai. Someone will be on board to pick you up."
After Fang Junnian nodded, Patrolman Han suddenly raised his voice and said, "Alright, Editor Fang, I dare not drink anymore. If that French detective knew that I went to the pub to drink while on patrol, it would be troublesome. There would be no end to it. Alright, let's go."
After saying this, Patrolman Han stood up.
"Officer Han, I have official business to attend to, so I won't keep you drinking any longer." Fang Junnian said with a smile.
Policeman Han picked up the wine glass on the table, drank the wine in the glass, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Fang, for the wine. Goodbye, goodbye."
After saying that, he went to the counter to get the soju that the waiter had prepared for him, paid for it, and left.
Fang Junnian watched his old partner, with whom he had worked for many years, leave, then slowly sat back at the table, took out his pocket watch and looked at it again and again.
I had no intention of continuing drinking, so in order not to attract attention, I sat there for more than ten minutes before hurriedly paying the bill and leaving.
. . . . . . .
It was already early morning when Kenjiro Yamada pushed open the iron door of the headquarters.
He took off his dusty military cap and unconsciously stroked the carved handle of the Type 14 Nambu pistol at his waist with his fingers. This was a high-end pistol that he bought from his good friend Xu Sang from the military police at a "huge sum of money". It was said that it was the sidearm of an officer of the 4th Division.
Through the window, he saw that Maruno Ichiro's dormitory was already dark, and knew that his immediate superior was already asleep.
He calmed himself down in front of the door, thought about what he wanted to report, and then bravely reached out and knocked on his team leader's dormitory door.
Things happened just as Yamada had worried. The moment Maruno Ichiro was woken up from his sleep, he was destined to be greeted with a slap on the face by Maruno Ichiro.
Ten minutes later, Ichiro Maruno, who was dressed neatly and had a sullen face, led Yamada, who was covering his face, to his exclusive office.
As a mere sergeant of the military police, Ichiro Maruno was not qualified to have an office, let alone an exclusive one.
But at this time he was in charge of the management of all the gendarmerie squads stationed in Tianjin intelligence agencies. Most of the gendarmerie squads he led were also sent out, so he was assigned to an office as an exception.
"Report to the captain! Something is wrong in the Maochuan Mansion."
Maruno Ichiro paused as he was about to sit down, and when he looked up he revealed an impatient look: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Tianjin is in such a mess right now, I don't think the Maochuan Mansion would dare to mess around."
"Absolutely right!" Yamada's Adam's apple rolled and beads of sweat slid down the tip of his nose into the collar of his uniform.
"Captain Zhang Jinhui led twelve of his men out through the back door, with their waists bulging with guns and handcuffs. They went back and forth three times near the Xikai Church, and finally entered the French Concession. My men lost track of them..."
Maruno Ichiro was startled, then said with a somewhat ugly expression: "As the captain of the Chinese operations team of Maochuan Mansion, what's wrong with Zhang Jinhui going out to carry out the mission?"
Hearing Maruno Ichiro's question, Yamada hesitated for a moment and explained, "Captain, I have been in Maochuan Mansion for a while. Through some tricks, I found out that the student who rebelled at Nankai University arrested by Zhang Jinhui had revealed some people. Zhang Jinhui had been recovering from his injuries and is now better. Will he..."
"You mean, students?" Maruno Ichiro asked back.
"It's very likely." Yamada nodded and continued, "At this time, the families who can go to college are not too poor. Nankai University was destroyed, and many of those students moved to the concession with their families. I suspect Zhang Jinhui went to arrest those students."
Maruno Ichiro frowned.
Seeing that Maruno Ichiro didn't say anything, Yamada quickly continued, "Captain!" Yamada grabbed the edge of the table and said, "Zhang Jinhui was very careful this time. If I hadn't sent someone to keep an eye on his action team, they wouldn't have discovered it.
The general has previously instructed that all actions of the Tianjin intelligence agency must be reported to our military police. Now Zhang Jinhui is blatantly defying the general's orders! Should we give him some... "
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Maruno Ichiro: "Wait in the office first. I will go to report to Section Chief Itai. We need to listen to him on this matter."
"Huh? Why not report to the general?" Yamada was still thinking that Maruno Ichiro would report directly to Zhou Zhengqing, and he could also show up in front of Zhou Zhengqing once.
Ever since Zhou Zhengqing became the highest commander of the gendarmerie, the treatment of ordinary gendarmes like him has been getting better and better.
Yamada was also grateful, and wanted to let the general see that he was not a good-for-nothing who only took money but did nothing, so when he discovered Zhang Jinhui's little trick this time, he immediately ran back to the headquarters, risking waking up Maruno Ichiro and being punished, and reported the situation.
"Haha, General Yingqi is not as easy to talk to as I am. If you dare to wake him up, you may lose your allowance for this month.
How about I take you there and you knock on the door yourself? Or you go wake up Miss Sakurako and ask her to call the general? " Maruno Ichiro asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Yamada was startled and quickly shook his head.
Seeing this, Ichiro Maruno smiled, said nothing, left the office directly, and hurried to the officers' dormitory where Yudai Itai was.
In fact, the reason why Ichiro Maruno did not inform Zhou Zhengqing, besides knowing that Zhou Zhengqing did not like to be disturbed when sleeping, was another reason, that is, he had now clung to the thigh of Yudai Itai.
For some reasons, Ichiro Maruno, like Yudai Itai, became an "outsider" in the gendarmerie headquarters, and he was also one of the few people who knew the other identities of Yudai Itai and others.
So now Ichiro Maruno plans to go to Itai Yudai to report, analyze the situation first, and then make plans.